parpar

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Maltese

Root
p-r-p-r
1 term

Etymology

Probably derived from parta. Sense 2 is onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

Verb

parpar (imperfect jparpar, past participle mparpar, verbal noun tparpir)

  1. to go away, to make off
    • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Pika”, in Fl-Arena:
      Il-għażla tar-rebbieħ
      kienet tqila bis-sħiħ,
      u Marzu Marzellu
      fetaħ ir-rixtellu,
      u tax-xita fir-raxx
      parpar baxx baxx.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. to coo

Conjugation

    Conjugation of parpar
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m parpart parpart parpar parparna parpartu parpru
f parpret
imperfect m nparpar tparpar jparpar nparpru tparpru jparpru
f tparpar
imperative parpar parpru

Spanish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare with Italian papero (“gosling”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paɾˈpaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: par‧par

Verb

parpar (first-person singular present parpo, first-person singular preterite parpé, past participle parpado)

  1. to quack
    Synonym: graznar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of parpar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive parpar
gerund parpando
past participle masculine feminine
singular parpado parpada
plural parpados parpadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present parpo parpastú
parpásvos 		parpa parpamos parpáis parpan
imperfect parpaba parpabas parpaba parpábamos parpabais parpaban
preterite parpé parpaste parpó parpamos parpasteis parparon
future parparé parparás parpará parparemos parparéis parparán
conditional parparía parparías parparía parparíamos parparíais parparían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present parpe parpestú
parpésvos2 		parpe parpemos parpéis parpen
imperfect
(ra) 		parpara parparas parpara parpáramos parparais parparan
imperfect
(se) 		parpase parpases parpase parpásemos parpaseis parpasen
future1 parpare parpares parpare parpáremos parpareis parparen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative parpatú
parpávos 		parpe parpemos parpad parpen
negative no parpes no parpe no parpemos no parpéis no parpen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

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